Posts with feelings of sadness more likely to spur people into action over Black Lives Matter, study says.
Several women who participated in protests for jobs last Thursday say members of the Marikana SAPS assaulted them before arresting them.
Statistics prove that South Africa’s police are deadlier than their American counterparts. And they’re also more likely to die.
Greys Anatomy star Jesse Williams stole the show at the 2016 BET Awards with this unforgettable speech about racism and privilege in America.
What happens when those meant to protect society from domestic violence turn a blind eye?
SA officers are twice as lethal as those in the US, where brutality cases are coming to light. They’re also six times more likely to die on the job.
An officer seen in a viral video throwing a bikini-clad girl to the ground and pulling a gun on other youths has resigned, says police chief.
US police officer Walter Scott faces the death penalty for killing a man he’d stopped for a broken car light.
Philippi High School pupils give their account of events on March 6, when police with stun grenades repelled them from the WC education department.
The Oscar-nominated film comes to our screens at a time when racial and social equality debates are as topical as they were back in 1965.
Riah Phiyega has rejected a South African Institute for Race Relations report on police involvement in serious and violent crimes as "malicious".
A new SERI report found that the criminal justice system was "abused" in order to intimidate activists and protesters.
It’s common knowledge that police are only allowed to use force as an absolute last resort when managing protests, but what exactly does the law say?
Deliberate political decisions have been taken to move South Africa towards repression, writes Jane Duncan.
They must assume that people want to deliver messages – and help them to do so.
The national police commissioner has welcomed the dismissal of a police officer in the Western Cape accused of assaulting a naked man in a street.
Justice Kate O’Regan has hurried along the advocate for police at the time-constrained Khayelitsha commission of inquiry.
A complaint by the SAPS regarding a DA ad that contains a photo of a police officer shooting rubber bullets has been upheld by Icasa.
While the Marikana hearings continue in Rustenberg, in Khayelitsha another commission into police failings is cautiously gathering momentum.
Stream a lively discussion hosted at WISER to hear a panel talk about popular protests and policing.
The ANC in Gauteng has threatened to take "strong action" against violent protesters within its ranks and the broader tripartite alliance.
The public must refrain from being "armchair critics" when it comes to how the police deal with protests, says the Gauteng acting commissioner.
The anniversary of the death of Neil Aggett is a poignant reminder that police brutality is still happening in post-apartheid South Africa.
Police commissioner Riah Phiyega has defended the actions of under-siege police as new killings rock the troubled village of Kubjana near Relela.
The national police commissioner is on her way to a village outside Tzaneen where three protesters have been killed and 15 police officers injured.
Police ministry spokesperson Zweli Mnisi says the newly released Human Rights Watch report creates the wrong impression of the South African police.
The Khayelitsha commission of inquiry into policing has begun with an in loco inspection of the police station.
A Daily Sun journalist has been assaulted by police after taking photos of them allegedly accepting a bribe, says the newspaper.
Eyewitness accounts at the Mothotlung shooting of two protesters paint a picture of police acting in contravention of crowd management rules.
The North West’s public safety portfolio committee has condemned the killing of two protesters in Mothotlung, near Brits, allegedly by police.
Two people have been killed and two more injured in a stand-off between protesters and police during a service delivery picket.
Several informal traders in Pretoria have complained of vicious physical attacks by members of the Tshwane metro police.